Women’s Sano City International Trophy Team Announced
- 2025-05-23
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- National Team (Women)
The National Selection Committee for the Women’s Japan National Team, chaired by Vinay Iyer, have announced 15 players who will form the team for the Sano City International Trophy starting on 3rd June.
Ayaka Kato-Stafford is selected for the first time, which would make her, and brother Kazuma, the first brother-sister pair to represent the Japan National Teams.
Women’s Japan National Team
- Ahilya Chandel (Gordon Women’s Cricket Club)
- Ayumi Fujikawa (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Hinase Goto (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
- Haruna Iwasaki (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Ayaka Kato-Stafford (Western Suburbs District Cricket Club)
- Elena Kusuda-Nairn (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Rino Morita (Mirandars Cricket Club)
- Akari Nishimura (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Erika Oda (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
- Meg Ogawa (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Kurumi Ota (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
- Seika Sumi (Sendai University Cricket Club)
- Erika Toguchi-Quinn (Melbourne Cricket Club)
- Mai Yanagida (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Nonoha Yasumoto (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
Congratulations to all those selected and good luck for the tournament.
The full match schedule is as follows:
- 3rd June (Tuesday) 09:30 – Japan vs Mongolia
- 3rd June (Tuesday) 14:30 – China vs Hong Kong
- 4th June (Wednesday) 09:30 – Japan vs Hong Kong
- 4th June (Wednesday) 14:30 – Philippines vs China
- 5th June (Thursday) 09:30 – Philippines vs Hong Kong
- 5th June (Thursday 14:30 – China vs Mongolia
- 6th June (Friday) 09:30 – Japan vs China
- 6th June (Friday) 14:30 – Mongolia vs Philippines
- 7th June (Saturday) 09:30 – Japan vs Philippines
- 7th June (Saturday) 14:30 – Hong Kong vs Mongolia
- 8th June (Sunday) 09:30 – 3rd Place Playoff
- 8th June (Sunday) 14:30 – Final
Venue: Sano International Cricket Ground
Address: 300-1 Tochimoto-cho, Sano City, Tochigi 327-0312, Japan
Admission: Free for all matches
All matches will be live streamed on the JCA YouTube Channel
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